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your enemy, is not necessarily my enemy. >> but the powerful cuban and jewish communities of south florida were outraged. they pressures local leaders to snub mandela. >> it was one of the best days in the history of miami, the one of the worst. because the great nelson mandela came to miami, and we had an opportunity to hear and see this great man personally, unfortunately, his presence here caused a political leaders to none him. >> that in turn, outraged and energized members of the african-american community. organized an african-american led tourist boycott. this so called quiet riot lasted almost three years. the boycott was harming my city. tremendously, is we lost because -- the black community was furious. >> former miami beach mayor wanted to end the embarrassing and costly chapter in his city's history. it was a fire stone. my best friends stopped me in the street and said how can you do that. there were phone calls. my wife received one that said let him burn, talking about me. i was aware of all the political implications. i didn't give a damn. >> it would be another year befo
your enemy, is not necessarily my enemy. >> but the powerful cuban and jewish communities of south florida were outraged. they pressures local leaders to snub mandela. >> it was one of the best days in the history of miami, the one of the worst. because the great nelson mandela came to miami, and we had an opportunity to hear and see this great man personally, unfortunately, his presence here caused a political leaders to none him. >> that in turn, outraged and energized...
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even florida. so the entire community. we have had some very opinionated passionate responses. here is ali: where was this indignation years ago? this is like six years. we have one more joseph phillips summarizes, i think, the opinion of americans. >> it is impossible to take any sides. there is no clear side to take. so you, the viewer at home, today, you are the third host of the show. as always, you have driven our discussion. throughout this show, tweet at us live using the hash tag conversation. >>> president obama has called for a national debate on certain i can't. some is taking place across the streets of america. there are those who are for military intervention. >>'s. >> free, free syria. >> and others are against it. >> as congress prepares to vote on military, sir why's president, bashar al-assad said the consequence of such war. with nearly 300,000 syrian americans living in the u.s., we want to start the debate with them to find out what it's like for them living outside and for their families back home. joining us for an inside look at what's happen something s
even florida. so the entire community. we have had some very opinionated passionate responses. here is ali: where was this indignation years ago? this is like six years. we have one more joseph phillips summarizes, i think, the opinion of americans. >> it is impossible to take any sides. there is no clear side to take. so you, the viewer at home, today, you are the third host of the show. as always, you have driven our discussion. throughout this show, tweet at us live using the hash tag...
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two men who walked out of a florida prison with forged papers have been caught. >>> hit by a train while union workers are on strike. >>> settlement with the justice department over sale of bad mortgages. >> tonight florida police say they have
two men who walked out of a florida prison with forged papers have been caught. >>> hit by a train while union workers are on strike. >>> settlement with the justice department over sale of bad mortgages. >> tonight florida police say they have
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so originally we moved to florida and he decided to take spanish business, but it obviously didn't work out, and he was denied renewal, and that's when i become undocumented. >> daca is seen as a stopgap measure. the president agrees. >> precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there is still time for act to pass the dream act this year, because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year inkorea krimentes, and we still need to pass comprehensive immigration reform. >> what should be done to address these issues? and should people like kevin and alden and tina have an expedited path to citizenship? we'll discuss that on the other side of the break. [ technical difficulties ] >> columbian, american. >> but we are undocumented. [ technical difficulties ] >> urging congress to tackle immigration reform. in june senator responded with action, passing legislation that provided a path to citizenship, but it's really anyone's guess if the bill is going to become law. waj we asked your community what issues should be addressed with regard to immigration refor
so originally we moved to florida and he decided to take spanish business, but it obviously didn't work out, and he was denied renewal, and that's when i become undocumented. >> daca is seen as a stopgap measure. the president agrees. >> precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there is still time for act to pass the dream act this year, because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year inkorea krimentes, and we still need to pass comprehensive...
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so you hit pause there, and if yourself if the new york yankees or the florida marlins, would they allow a ballplayer to fly into the united states in the middle of june and miss spring training and you want to call it sanctions, but usually baseball teams cannot pay cuban athletes as long as they're cuban citizens, and that goes back to the embargo act. so however you want to sane sign t. that's where it gets tricky. first, the rise of the major league baseball, cuba has had to do something within the island that says look, it's not our fault that you can't go play in the united states. we're not restricting you or stopping you anymore. please go. but in reality, they don't understand what exactly it entails. and at the end of the day, it's a very smooth pr move by cuba. >> all right, we have representative serrano, he says: and i want to give this video shout out from omar. >> my name is omar, and i'm the human rights director of the cuban rights foundation. restrictions for cuban players to play in the major leagues. to grant a passport to any cuban player who wants to reside and play
so you hit pause there, and if yourself if the new york yankees or the florida marlins, would they allow a ballplayer to fly into the united states in the middle of june and miss spring training and you want to call it sanctions, but usually baseball teams cannot pay cuban athletes as long as they're cuban citizens, and that goes back to the embargo act. so however you want to sane sign t. that's where it gets tricky. first, the rise of the major league baseball, cuba has had to do something...
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portman who was a tea party candidate in ohio in 2010, senator mark kirk, iliana ross letanon from florida. i could go on and on. there are plenty and plenty of them >> both in elected office, former elected and candidates. so that's changing. and as far as the point about demographics and sort of gay americans being one of the demographics republicans should appeal to more, i would note actually that is one of the demographics where republicans did improve our standing between 2004 and 2008. you c you can see if you go to the website gay patriot. it has breakdowns on john mccain, who was more moderate on these issues actually did improve our standing. >> we will stop you right there. coming up, if the g.o.p. is fighting an internal' eternal war, how do they end it? we will continue that part of the conversation when we come back. stay with us. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay >> i can no longer be a member of the republican party. make no mistake. i have not left the republican party. it left me. i cannot tolerate a political party that demeans texans based upon their
portman who was a tea party candidate in ohio in 2010, senator mark kirk, iliana ross letanon from florida. i could go on and on. there are plenty and plenty of them >> both in elected office, former elected and candidates. so that's changing. and as far as the point about demographics and sort of gay americans being one of the demographics republicans should appeal to more, i would note actually that is one of the demographics where republicans did improve our standing between 2004 and...
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. >> a nationwide manhunt for two convicted killers who walked free from a florida prison thanks to forged documents. >> six months of talks have stalled but workers are off the job in san francisco - stranding thousands. [ ♪ theme ] >> fighting and bloodshed again
. >> a nationwide manhunt for two convicted killers who walked free from a florida prison thanks to forged documents. >> six months of talks have stalled but workers are off the job in san francisco - stranding thousands. [ ♪ theme ] >> fighting and bloodshed again
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originally we moved to florida, and he decided to expand his business. it obviously didn't work out, and he was denied renewal. that's when i became undocumented. >> daca is seen as a stop-gap measure. dreamers say it's not enough. the president agrees. >> precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there's still time for congress to past the dream act this year because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year increments. we still need to pass comprehensive immigration reform that addresses our 21st century economic and security needs. >> so what should be done to address these issues within the nation's immigration system, and should people like kevin and alden and tina have an expea dated path to scitizenship? we'll discuss all of that on the other side of the break. ♪ >>> pakistani americans. >> colombian americans. >> we are undocumented. >> and we are all dreamers. >> so that's a psa urging congress to tackle immigration reform. in june senators responded with action passing legislation that provides a path to s
originally we moved to florida, and he decided to expand his business. it obviously didn't work out, and he was denied renewal. that's when i became undocumented. >> daca is seen as a stop-gap measure. dreamers say it's not enough. the president agrees. >> precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there's still time for congress to past the dream act this year because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year increments. we still need to pass...
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originally we moved to florida, and he decided to expand his business. it obviously didn't work out, and he was denied renewal. that's when i became undocumented. >> daca is seen as a stop-gap measure. dreamers say it's not enough. the president agrees. >> precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there's still time for congress to past the dream act this year because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year increments. we still need to pass comprehensive immigration reform that addresses our 21st century economic and security needs. >> so what should be done to address these issues within the nation's immigration system, and should people like kevin and alden and tina have an expea dated path to sit but should you be made aware if you are consuming them. that's next on "consider this." ♪ . >> announcer: this is al jazeera. hi and welcome to the news hour, i'm steven and the syrian exadus and 2 million people fled from the complex and we will bring you live reports from lebanon, turkey and iraq. also ahead the moun
originally we moved to florida, and he decided to expand his business. it obviously didn't work out, and he was denied renewal. that's when i became undocumented. >> daca is seen as a stop-gap measure. dreamers say it's not enough. the president agrees. >> precisely because this is temporary, congress needs to act. there's still time for congress to past the dream act this year because these kids deserve to plan their lives in more than two-year increments. we still need to pass...